Baking-pan.



H. .l. HAIGH.

e PAN. APPLICATION FILED JAN- IU. I918- Patentd Sept. 24, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

H. 'L' HMGH.

BAKING PAN. APPLICATION FILED 11m. Iq. 191s.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Patented Sept. 24, 1918.

HARRY J. H'AIGH, 03B STAPLE'IGN', NEW YORK- BAKING-PAN.

Specification of Letters Patent. [Patgnteeli S p-(g 24 Applicationfiled January 10; 1918. Serial No. 211,260.

To" allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Tllvnav J'. Throw, a citizen of the, United States, and resident of- Stapleton, countyof Richmond, city and State of New York, have invented certain new. and useful: Improvements in. linking- Pans, (Case #7,); of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of baking pans in whicha plurality oi individual pans are connected tog'cllu-r to form a multiple pan, or a set. of pans :ulapted to behandled as a. unit.

The invention has for one oi its objects the provision of a multiple pan in which the individual pans are rigidly held together in spaced relation without the employment of rivets or other connecting or fastening means projecting through the pan walls on into the interior of the pan, which would:

result. in the formation of marks on the articles baked in the pan and also render the pan unsanitary and diflicnlt lzothoroughly clean.

A further important object of the invcntion is to provide means for connecting, the ans of a set together, which is adapted to e interlocked with the metal of the several pans to permanently connect the pans of the set with each other.

Another important ob'jccitof the invention is to provide a connecting frame or device and means whercl'iy a. plurality of individual pans may be secured within said frame and interlocked therewith withoutthe employment of: extraneous fastening devices.

A. further ob ect is to provide a multiple pan inwhich the body part of each individual pan; is. per'rnanen tly interlocked with a connecting frame, without the employ menti of fastening devices through or within the pans and without. the formation of projectionsor recesses on the inside ofthe pan, andin which the in.- dividual pans are securely held against relative vertical and lateral movement by the interlocking connections between the pans and frame.

Another important object of the invention is. the provision of a multiple strncted of a minimum number of parts,

and in which the parts are of simple and inexpensn' e construction and. are adapted to be readily assembled.

In the accompanying drawmgs, l igurc 1 relation within ac'onuccting frame.

extending is a wrspoctive view of a multiple pan cm.- bodying the invention;

Fig. 2 anenlarged tiragmontzn'y perspective view showing one cnd of one of the side bars of. the pan. frame;

'l ig. I} a horizontal sectional. view on: the line II.l--l Il of Fig. 2.;

Fig. 1 an enlarged perspective view of one of thc end bars of the pan 'l'ramc:

Fig. 5 a fragmentary vertical section showinp the manner oi assembling thc pan;

Fig. ti a fragmentary vertical section on the line Vl-Vli oi .l ig. 8;

Fig. 7 an eml'elevation of. the multip e pa n;

Fig. 8 a fragmentary side clevalionot the multiple pan showing one ofthe and pans oi" the set a1u l..a part of tlic firmnc; and

Fig. t) :c vertical section on the line ;X.--IX of Fig.17..

Tnthc. :u-conma nying drawings the mule tiple pan is shown as comprising four in- (li' l'lfll lttl pans l; perma|icntly lield in spacial-- Ill; will be obvious, however, that any desired-number of individual pans may be co'nncctcdtogather to form a multiple pan. The individual pans 1 are offrectangular form and are pressed. stamped or otherwise formed from a sheet metal-blank. The upper edge of the pan is stili'cned and headed by bonding the side walls of the pan outwardly and don-'nwardly around a riartangular wire reinforcing frame 2. The end walls of the individual pans are formed-with integral extensions or tongues Sat: their upper cdgcs, which. are-- adapted to; he interlocked with thesidobars 4of-theconnecting. nine. The adjacent side walls of' the-individual pans 1 are pmferab'ly connectialandheldin fixed. relation with each other by s mcingwlevicow 5, preferably constructed as shown: and] de scribed in-my copgmdi'ng aymlication Serial- No. 191,566, filed September 1521917.

The side hars 4 ofthe pan-connecting; we.

frame arestamped, or otherwise fonned;

from relatively heavy sheet metal; w th.

form shown in Figs. 2.- :\Iltl5.. The extens sions or tongues-.30?the end \vallsof the.

pans l are bent oi-ltzwardly hauldfiwnwxrrdlj 1W The olliset" portions 6 are. 11.09

with'the extensions 3 of the pans as above formed by slotting the bars 4! along parallel lines at intervals and forcing the body portion of the bars between the slots laterally, as shown in Figs. 2. 3 and After the tongues or extensions 3 of the end walls of the pans 1- have been passed between the offset portions 6 and the main portions of the bar's 4, said offset portions 1' are forced back into the planes of the body portions of the bars 4, thus interlocking the tongues 3 with the bars, and said bars 4 are pressed inwardly into close engagmnent with the end walls of the pans 1, as shown'in Fig. 6. The offset portions 6 may be'forced back into the planes of the hod portions of the bars, either before the bars are pressed against the ends of the )ans, or by the act of pressing the bars closely against the pans. \Vhen thebars 4 are pressed against the ends of the pans below the end members of the wire reinforcing frame the) press the tongues 33 closely agaiust. the end walls of the pans and head said tongues closely about the wire frame 2. an otl'set portion of each tongue 3 being thus formed between the upper edge ot the bar aud the under side of the wire frame 2. as shown more clearly in Fig. (l. The tongues or extensions 3 are thus tightly interlocked or interlaced with the sidebars 4. and said tongues are also preferably formed of substantially the same width as the length of the offset portions (3 to further assist in rigidlyholding the pans 1 in fixed relation with the side bars 4. It will be seen that by interlacing the end walls of the pans 1 with the side bars 4, as described, the pans are rigidly and permanently held against both vertical and lateral movement relatively to each other and to the connecting frame.

The side bars 4 of the pan-connecting frame may be connected with .cach other in any suitable manner to rigidly hold said bars closely against the end walls of the pans 1 after said bars have been interlocked described. The connecting means shown in the drawings comprises a pair of end bars 7 each of which is stamped or otherwise shaped as shown in Figs. 4 and 7. Each end bar 7 is formed with offset portions 8' extending inwardly from each end thereof and forming a' recess or channel 9. The ends of the side bars 4 are bent inwardly toward eachother around the corners of the end pans of the set, and each inwardly bent end of said bars is formed with a. reduced inwardly extending portion 10 adapted to lie. in the adjacent channel 9 in one of the end bars 7. Each cud bar is provided with a pair of apertures or slots 11 adjacent each end thereof at opposite sides of the channel 9, and each extension 10 on the side bars 4 is provided with a pair of tongues 12 adapt-- ed to extend outwardly through said slots 11 when the end bars are the outer side walls of the end pans of the set. The end bars 7 are locked in place, and interlocked with the side bars l, by bending the tongues 12 against, the outer sides of the end bars 7. as sllo\\'n in Figs. 1, 7, 8 and 9. The upper edges of the end bars 7 lie closely under the headed edges of the outer side walls of the end pans, as shown in Figs. 7. 8 and 9.

'hat I claim is:

1. A multiple baking pan comprising a plurality of individual pans arranged side b side and having their end walls provided with integral tongues, av pair of side bars extending along the. end walls of the individual pans and each provided with spaced pairs of parallel superposed slots, each of placed against the tongues on the end walls of the, pans provided with spaced pairs of superposed slots, tongues formed on the upper edges of the end walls of each pan and bent outwardly "and downwardly about the reinforcing wires, each' tongue having upper and lower portlons confined between the ad]a cent pan wall and one ofthe side bars and an intermediate portion passed in opposite directions through a pair Wiper-posed slots in one of the side bars, the side edges of each tongue engaging the opposite ends of one of the slots through which it is passed, and means for holding the side bars against the end walls ofjthe pans.

3. multiple pan comprising a plurality of rectangular individual pans arranged side'by side in spaced relation and each having its end walls p-rovided 'with integral tongues, and a rigid rectangular frame haw mg side bars extending along the end Walls of the pans and end bars extending along th outer side walls of the end pans, sai

side bars being provided with spaced pairs of horizontally extending slots and each of said tongues beim interlocked with one of the side bars by being passed through one of said pairs of slots. multiple pan comprising a set of inpans arranged side by side in relation and each having a reinforcot' flat side bars extending along opposite sides of the setv of pans under the reinforcing wires and formed with spaced pairs otsuperposcd horizontal slots, tongues formed mg wire secured about its upper edge, a pair on the upper edge of each pan at opposite ends thereof, each of said tongues being inerlaced intermediate its ends through a pair 5 superposed lun-izontal slots in the adjacent side bar and having its inner endbent about the ieint'orcing wire :md'confined between the adjacent pan wall and side bar. a pair of end bars extending between the ends of the pair of Side bars, and interlocking connections between the ends of said end bars andthe adjacel'it ends of the side ba 5. A. multiple pa n coi'i'iprising a set of individual pans arranged side by side in spaced. relation and each having a reiru forcing wire secured about its upper edge a pair of flat side bars extending along opposite sides of the set of pans wider the reinforcing wires, tm'igues formed on the upbent inwardly around the end pans and formed with lugs. and end bars extending along the outer side walls of the end pans and having aln-rtures througl'i which the lugs on the side bals pro ect, the PIOJGCUHg ends of said lugs being bent upon the outer Y '45 faces of the end. ba

7. A multiple pan (.:on'iprising a plurality of ii'ulividual pans arranged in a single row and each having the upper edge thereof provided with oppositely disposed depending tongues. rigid side bars extending along opposite sides oi the row of pans and formed with spaced pairs of superposed horizontal slots, each of said tongues passing in opposite directions thrtulgl'i a. pair of .su iierposed slots in one of the bars and being gr| ')ped liietween the abutting edges of the body part oi the bar bounding said slots, and means for holding the bars against the adjacent walls of the pans,

This specifieatimi signed this ninth day of January, A. I). 1918. y

HARRY J. l-IAIG H. 

